Suppenkuche

• Restaurant: Suppenkuche
• Location: San Francisco: Hayes Valley
• Atmosphere: Clean, noisy, casual and relaxed.
• Bathroom: Clean, but not great
• Date of visit: 2004-2007
• Website: http://www.suppenkuche.com/

I love Suppenkuche. The place is elite in my books. Suppenkuche isn’t find dining but casual dinning with a younger crowd. The place gets noisy and crowded but the atmosphere is fun.

At Suppenkuche the wait is long. You typically have to share tables with strangers, which I am not a fan of. Often the patrons at the bar overflow into the dinning area. And there may be a group of 20 people drinking 5 feet from your chair. Having said that, the place has a woodsy homely feeling. The mood is intense and loud in a good way; people having fun and enjoying beers and food.

The food at Suppenkuche is great. Most of the entrees are basically the same. One meat of your choice, spatzle, and cabbage. Sure they all taste the same, but it’s comfort food done well. Plus, you wash it down with a great selection of German beer. Good food, beer, loud conversations with your friends; what could be better? Entrees are typically in the $14-$22 range.

Pictured is venison, spatzle and red cabbage. A real hearty meal. The venison isn’t very gamey. The wild boar sausages was also great. It came with Bavarian Kraut. Let me just say the bacon made the Bavarian Kraut amazing. So soulful and rich, you thought you died and gone to bacon heaven.

Suppenkuche is outstanding if you want a loud night out for some great food and German beer.